1. What do the dwarves suggest that Bilbo should do when they begin to despair of being able to open the secret door in Chapter 11?
(a) Talk to the thrushes and see if they know the secret of opening the door.
(b) Go back to Laketown and ask for more supplies and weapons.
(c) Try to capture one of the thrushes, crows or ravens and use its feathers as a disguise to sneak into the mountain through the Front Gate.
(d) Go into the mountain through the Front Gate using his magic ring.

2. What makes Bilbo drop his torch after finding the Arkenstone?
(a) He trips over a necklace of pearls.
(b) He is so surprised when he sees the Arkenstone that he drops the torch.
(c) A bat startles him.
(d) He believes the dragon is coming back and wants to hide.

3. Why do the people of Lake-town destroy the bridges as a defense against the onslaught of the dragon?
(a) They are attempting to fool the dragon into thinking they have left the town.
(b) The Master ordered them to do so in the hopes that his rival, Bard, would be killed.
(c) The bridges are the only part of the town that is vulnerable to dragon-fire.
(d) The dragon can then only attack them from the air (which makes him vulnerable to arrows) or have his fire quenched by the cold water of the lake.

4. What is the name of the hill close to where the dwarves and Bilbo make their first camp approaching the Lonely Mountain?
(a) Ravenhill.
(b) Dragonmount.
(c) Dale.
(d) Ravensdown.

5. What is the other name for the Arkenstone?
(a) The Heart of the Mountain.
(b) The Mountain of Light.
(c) The Heart of the Dragon.
(d) The Heart of Darkness.